Leave a Tender Moment Alone
{{Infobox song
| name = Leave a Tender Moment Alone
| cover = Leave a Tender Moment Alone.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Billy Joel
| album = An Innocent Man
| B-side = This Night
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Soft rock
| length = 3:56
| label = Columbia
| writer = Billy Joel
| producer = Phil Ramone
| prev_title = The Longest Time
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = This Night
| next_year = 1984
}}
"Leave a Tender Moment Alone" is a song performed by Billy Joel and the fifth single from his album An Innocent Man. Toots Thielemans makes a guest appearance on harmonica. The song reached number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts and spent two weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research
|page=127}}
"Leave a Tender Moment Alone" was the only single from the album released there not to reach the top 20 of the chart, and, along with the title track, was the second single not to have a video made for it.
Reception
Cash Box called the song "a tender country-tinged cut that is highlighted by the veteran songster’s effortless vocalizing."{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-07-14.pdf|date=July 14, 1984|accessdate=2022-07-25|page=7}}
Joel eventually put together a music video for the song, which was filmed during his concert tour to promote the album, "An Innocent Man". As Joel sits down at the piano, he says he went to Paris just to get Toots Thielemans to play on the single, and has him playing the harmonica for the video, which received a good amount of airplay from MTV while the single was on the chart during the summer of 1984. The concert video is available for viewing on YouTube.
Track listing
=7" single=
- "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"
- "This Night" (US B-side)
- "Goodnight Saigon" (UK B-side)
A 'special souvenir 5 track 12 inch' vinyl was also available.
Chart positions
See also
References
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Category:Songs written by Billy Joel
Category:Song recordings produced by Phil Ramone